MATERIAL SUPPLIES
Art supply shops providing a 10% discount to Abingdon Artists on presentation of an Abingdon Artists' Membership card:
Broad Canvas, 20 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AS (In person orders only)
(Membership cards are available from the Membership Secretary Andrea Whitehouse)
TUESDAY PAINTING GROUP (For Members only)
A regular drop-in painting group is held in term time on most Tuesdays of the year (except August)) from 2.00pm – 4.00 pm, in Christ Church Hall, Northcourt Road, Abingdon OX14 1PL. Members bring their own projects to work on. Professional help, advice and support is usually available. Tea and coffee is provided. If you have any queries then please contact Abingdon Artists at info@abingdonartists.org.uk
You can bring your own project to work on and can draw or paint anything you like.
It costs £2 per afternoon, to cover the hire of the hall, payable in cash on the day you attend. You will be very welcome.
You need to bring all your own materials - and an easel if you prefer that to the tables provided.
The group has grown in popularity and around 20 people attend on a regular basis. It is a very sociable way to paint with other artists, and it is much enjoyed by those who do attend. Do come!
QUICK ON THE DRAW (QOD).
Quick on the Draw (QOD), organised by Diana Matthews, is a weekly sketching group. We meet on Friday mornings at 10, until about 12, at a pre-determined venue in the town. Sometimes we have a plan, at other times we decide when we meet where we will go. After sketching we head for coffee and a chance to share our morning's work and to chat about art. If you have not tried working 'en plein air' this is an opportunity to give it a go in relaxed and supportive company, all the while exploring the architectural and other delights of the town.
Alongside this there is weekly Virtual QOD when members who are not always able to get out can share their work by email. This started during the first lockdown in March 2020 and was good to keep us connected and committed to some regular sketching when we were all confined to base.
Abingdon Artists Members who are interested in joining the group please contact Diana Matthews for information.
(The photo on the right (or at the bottom if you are on a mobile device) shows the QODers at work by the River Thames in Abingdon)
SELECTED SHORT COURSES AND CLASSES
Tuesday Tutor Claire Cross runs watercolour and acrylic skills classes. From colour mixing to problem solving, strengthen the basic skills to improve your paintings. Contact her at clairey_cross@yahoo.com for more details.
All materials are provided and tea/coffee and biscuits included. You will need to bring your own lunch to the whole day sessions. They will all be held at St Ethelwold's House.
Helen Edwards is running a drop-in life drawing class at St Helen's Church Parish Office. It runs from 6.30 to 8.30 on a Thursday evening. See her website under Life Drawing for more details.
And for those wanting to do portrait studies Helen is running a drop-in day time 2 hour class (£10) at St Ethelwolds. There is a 10% discount for members of Abingdon Artists. For further information see her website under Portraiture Class. Please let her know if you are interested at HelenArtOxford@gmail.com
SELECTED LOCAL EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS.
Oxford Arts Society Associates has an Annual Programme of talks in Oxford
The Arts Society Abingdon Lectures take place at The Abbey Cinema, Abbey Close, Abingdon. OX14 3JD
The Ashmolean Museum From 6 August 2025 the Ashmolean hosts the exhibition This is What You Get, exploring the visual art of Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke and the iconic images of Radiohead.
Ashmolean Podcasts The Ashmolean has now launched a series of podcasts in which Oxford University academics from very different fields discuss objects from the Museum. In each episode of ‘Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection Podcasts’ a prominent academic unpicks the story behind a single object from the collections that relates to their research.
EXHIBITIONS ON SCREEN
Look at Exhibitions on Screen for exhibitions in local cinemas.
URBAN SKETCHING
Are you interested in Urban Sketching? If so view the Facebook Group - Urban Sketching Oxford to learn more.
The photo below shows the QOD group working by the river Thames in Abingdon